The series is usually filled with a string of sex scenes, with wife and husband Joy (Toni Colette) and Alan (Steven Mackintosh) jumping into bed with different lovers as they experiment with having an open marriage.

But the majority of the episode focused on Joy talking to her therapist about her past and relationships with the men in her life.

She later came to an emotional realisation that the suicide of one of her clients as a psychotherapist wasn't her fault, after blaming herself for his death because she didn't answer the final call he made before taking his own life.

The scenes left viewers 'bored', with one tweeting: 'To think, I waited all week for this!'

The penultimate episode of BBC One's Wanderlust left viewers scratching their heads as the entire episode focused on Joy (played by Toni Colette) in a therapy session (pictured). It was a far cry from the raunchy sex scenes that have come to define the series

Viewers threatened to switch off as the episode continued, with one disappointed fan declaring it the 'most boring TV he had seen in ages'

Wanderlust got off to a very risque start, with the first episode featuring a masturbation scene, sex scene and the first ever female orgasm shown on the BBC.

Episode two saw a sex scene in a bathroom, number three was a steamy romp in the couple's car and last week viewers cringed at an awkward scene in which Joy masturbated while her husband watched.

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Tonight we saw Joy and her therapist Angela go through her relationships with her unsupportive father, her childhood sweetheart Lawrence and her husband Alan.

Viewers were baffled by the change in tone of the normally racy drama, with many taking to Twitter to question it.

Twitter was flooded with comments from fans who had come to expect a little more raunchiness from the series, which focuses on a couple experimenting with an open marriage

One tweeted: '5 more minutes then if nothing improves this rubbish is going off, I can't tolerate any more of her in therapy, how bloody boring, to think I waited all week for this.'

'How long is this scene??' another posted

A third wrote: 'God almighty. This therapy session is just about the most boring television I've seen for ages.'

'Quite impressed at how boring this show manages to be. Dreadful series,' another said.

The earlier episodes of Wanderlust were a lot more raunchy, such as the scene in episode three when Joy and Alan (Steven Mackintosh) had sex in the seat of their car (pictured)

This week Joy's therapist Angela spent most of the episode talking to her about her past and relationships with the men in her life (pictured)

In the therapy session Joy revealed that she met Alan in her second year of university, a year before her mother died.

When she started seeing Alan she was still seeing Lawrence, and decided to call things off with him when things started getting serious with her now husband.

However, she couldn't say goodbye to Lawrence completely and slept with him one last time not long after her mother died.

Her therapist believed her conflicting relationships with men may have contributed to her decision to open up her marriage, which was something she encouraged Alan to do.

It was revealed that Joy's father (pictured with a younger Joy) wasn't supportive when her mother died while she was still a university student

Angela had to convince Joy that the suicide of one of her patients who took his own life (pictured) after he couldn't get through to her on the phone was not her fault

The uneventful penultimate episode ended with Joy walking away from the clinic (pictured) before returning home and reading a book Alan had bought her when they were younger

The pair also spoke about her guilt about the death of her patient Joshua, who jumped off a bridge after attempting to get in touch with her.

Joy said she didn't understand why he'd taken his own life, saying: 'For him to feel like doing that is a viable alternative it doesn't make sense, I cant understand it, you know?

'I mean what an idiot, what an honest to God… is honestly sometimes how I feel about it. How it feels, you know? I mean stop trying to make yourself the centre of your own misfortune. You have an amazing wife, she loves you.'

Therapist Angela told her that she shouldn't blame herself for the suicide and Joy broke down in tears.

The episode ended with her walking out of the clinic and returning home.

Wanderlust continues next week at 9pm on BBC One

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Wanderlust viewers left underwhelmed as Joy speaks to her therapist the whole episode